Smash Hits returns to honour Jackson

Smash Hits is to be revived to carry a one-off special celebrating the life of Michael Jackson. The teen pop magazine, last seen in 2006, is to go on sale on Tuesday, featuring a 1982 interview with Jackson, by the editor at the time, Mark Ellen. "We will be paying tribute to Michael in classic Smash Hits style," said Barry McIlheney, who is producing the 52-page issue. Reports from the performer's live shows, plus posters, lyrics and the story of Bubbles, will feature in the edition. This week rival publisher, NatMag issued a 132-page one-off tribute to the pop legend, who died aged 50, in Los Angeles, on 25 June. PA